Football star Paul Pogba reportedly paid £85,000 (€100,000) to his extortionists who were demanding £11million after they dragged him to a Paris apartment in March and threatened him with assault rifles in part of an alleged plot to blackmail him.
The 29-year-old, who has won the World Cup with France, said the men wanted the money for 'protection services' stretching back 13 years, including for the time he spent in Manchester.
Pogba claims two armed men said they 'protected him discreetly' during a period that spanned more than a decade, including during two spells at Manchester United, the last of which ended earlier this year.